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" to suffer, there is sluggishness in the performance of her offices, prostration of strength, atony, loss of the faculties of her knees, vertigo, and the limbs sink under her ; headache, heaviness of the head, and the woman is pained in the veins on each... "
The Extant works of Aretaeus, the Cappadocian - Page 264
by Aretaeus (of Cappadocia.) - 1856 - 510 pages
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A Treatise on Hysteria

Robert Lee - Diseases - 1871 - 118 pages
...in the performances of her offices, prostration of strength, atony, loss of some of her faculties, vertigo, and the limbs sink under her, headache, heaviness...the woman is pained in the veins on each side of the head. But if the womb fall down, women have heartburn in the hypochondriac regions; the flanks are...
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Women's Life in Greece & Rome: A Source Book in Translation

Mary R. Lefkowitz, Maureen B. Fant - History - 1992 - 426 pages
...copious haemorrhage, and such like. If, therefore, upon the womb's being moved upwards, she begins to suffer: there is sluggishness in the performance...But if they fall down they have heartburn ... in the hypochondriac regions; flanks empty, where is the seat of the womb; pulse intermittent, irregular,...
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The Mysteries Within: A Surgeon Explores Myth, Medicine, and the Human Body

Sherwin B. Nuland - Medical - 2001 - 292 pages
...loss of sensibility, and deep sleep.... If, therefore, upon the womb's being moved upwards, she begins to suffer, there is sluggishness in the performance...if they fall down, they have heartburn. . . in the hypochondriac regions; flanks empty, where is the seat of the womb; pulse internuttent, irregular,...
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Women's Life in Greece and Rome: A Source Book in Translation

Mary R. Lefkowitz, Maureen B. Fant - History - 2005 - 468 pages
...copious haemorrhage, and such like. If, therefore, upon the womb's being moved upwards, she begins to suffer: there is sluggishness in the performance...woman is pained in the veins on each side of the nose. incredible death, for they have nothing deadly in their appearance; in colour like that of life, and...
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Women's Life in Greece and Rome: A Source Book in Translation

Mary R. Lefkowitz, Maureen B. Fant - History - 2005 - 464 pages
...copious haemorrhage, and such like. If, therefore, upon the womb's being moved upwards, she begins to suffer: there is sluggishness in the performance...woman is pained in the veins on each side of the nose. incredible death, for they have nothing deadly in their appearance; in colour like that of life, and...
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